The weather in the past few days has dramatically changed from 17 degrees and snowing to 62 degrees and raining.  It rained today and I felt it suited the first day of a new year and new decade...a clean start, washing out all that was good and bad of 2010.  

Mike and I made a quick drive across 8 states in 3 days to visit family and friends on the East Coast...this cross country trip was a bit different than the past two years (start of last year and the very first cross country trip) as we didn't stop every 45 minutes and take pictures like we were professional tourists (which I am, by the way).  No, this trip was all business...making good time, efficient dog potty stops and limited i'm-a-tourist-and-want-a-picture-of-this-country-store stops.  

Bear and Charlie got along much better than expected....   :)

Then we got what every Southerner wishes for (other than fried chicken, ACC wins and pearls)...snow on Christmas day...

Charlie experiencing his first ever snow...

Happy New Year  :)